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The Fort Mohave Land Act of 1960 saw the transfer of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of federal land in the Laughlin Big Bend area to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada. The commission transferred 2,100 acres (850 ha) to the Nevada Division of State Parks in 1991, which resulted in establishment of Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area.
Big Bend Coast, part of the Florida coast on the Gulf of Mexico; Big Bend (Texas), in western Texas north of the Rio Grande; Big Bend (Colorado River, Utah), a meander; Big Bend (Missouri River), a meander in South Dakota; Big Bend of the Columbia River, a wide curve near Wenatchee, Washington
Colorado Canyon, within the park, is the "most accessible" of the area's river canyons. Visitors may take short float trips through it, and it can be viewed from vehicle access points. [13] Other river canyons in Big Bend were carved out of limestone, which yields almost vertical walls. Colorado Canyon is the only one carved from volcanic rock.
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Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, [ 3 ] and was named after a large bend in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo . [ 4 ]
Big Bend is a meander or bend in a deep canyon along the Colorado River, in Grand County, Utah. It lies within the bounds of Arches National Park at an elevation of 3,980 feet / 1,213 meters, 6.3 miles northeast of Moab, Utah .
Emory Peak, located in Big Bend National Park, is the highest peak in the Chisos Mountains and the highest in Brewster County. [1] The peak is named for William H. Emory, the chief surveyor of the U.S. Boundary Survey team of 1852.
US 385 runs from Big Bend National Park in Texas to US 85 in Deadwood, ... Colorado (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...